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Report: Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts at BBC Electrical Services Inc. in Tulsa, Oklahoma
DATE: 03/08/19
Two employees were in the bucket of a bucket truck energizing a 13,800-to-2,400-volt stepdown transformer by closing three 100k fused cutouts at the riser pole. A voltage meter used to take readings on the ground was overloaded and failed, causing an arc flash. One of the employees in the bucket suffered first- and second-degree burns to both wrists, the face, the neck, and the ears and was hospitalized.
| Report ID |
2019032521 |
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| Date |
03/08/2019 |
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| UPA |
1434111 |
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| Primary NAICS |
237130 |
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| Nature |
1532 |
Second degree electrical burns |
| Part of Body |
899 |
Multiple body parts, n.e.c. |
| Source |
4415 |
Power lines, transformers, convertors |
| Secondary Source |
7299 |
Handtools-powered, n.e.c. |
| Event |
5112 |
Direct exposure to electricity, greater than 220 volts |
| Hospitalized |
Yes |
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| Amputation |
No |
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